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• Anna Elisabeth Dalm, Amsterdam († 2022)
• Beatrice Thelma Mossel, Soerabaja, Jakarta Raya (Djakarta Raya), Indonesië († 1994)
• Adrianus Fris, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Elisabeth Johanna Pinxteren, Wernhout, Nederland († 2013)
• Albertus Egberts († 2005)
• Cornelius Robert Zeestraten, Jamestown, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Cornelia Cosijnse, Baarn († 1999)
• Cornelis de Vogel († 2010)
• Anna Spaan, Haarlem († 1992)
• Anne Kievit, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)

• Adrianus Staal (0), Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Groenendijk (77), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Amelia Charlotte Brainard (83), Cleveland, Ohio
• Adrianus van Uden (64), Oss
• Anne Marie Jeane Henriette Kluit (67), Madrid
• Anna Catharina Vermeulen (77), Rosmalen
• Antonius Joseph Deklerk (69), Roermond
• Arij Burki (70), Nijmegen
• Arie Vink (0), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Duijn (78), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Anne Baxter, American actress († 1985)
• 1923 » Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey († 2015)
• 1923 » Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter, disc jockey, and radio host († 2016)
• 1924 » Albert Band, French-American director and producer († 2002)
• 1925 » Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic († 2015)
• 1927 » Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1929 » Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2011)
• 1930 » Babe Parilli, American football player and coach († 2017)
• 1930 » John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician
• 1930 » Totie Fields, American comedian and author († 1978)

• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Petrus
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Gerardus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on May 7, 1927 was between 9.8 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.